The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Wired Internet Connection for Laptop

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by slimtea, Jan 14, 2008.

  1. slimtea

    slimtea Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    29
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hi!

    I have a wired internet connection for my desktop PC and I want to be able to extend it to my Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop. I called my ISP and they told me I would have to pay for an additional internet account.

    Is there a way of using the same account with another computer without them knowing this?
    I thought of buying an extra network card and fit it into my PC, but I'm not very sure.
     
    slimtea, Jan 14, 2008
    #1
  2. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    2,557
    Messages:
    6,682
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    205
    You need a router. You can even get a wireless router rather than wired, and then you could have wireless internet in your home.
     
    nizzy1115, Jan 14, 2008
    #2
  3. slimtea

    slimtea Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    29
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    The thing is that my account is uniquely identified using my desktop MAC. Would adding the router alter anything ?
     
    slimtea, Jan 14, 2008
    #3
  4. Amol

    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    1,832
    Messages:
    1,850
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Well the router just enables wireless connectivity so that you'll have our own password protected network that multiple users can connect to. You could set it up so that it accepts connections only from a specific mac address.
     
    Amol, Jan 14, 2008
    #4
  5. blue68f100

    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,020
    Messages:
    3,439
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    The router allows you to clone your mac address into it. This way the router (WAN port) will take on your PC mac address. This is the only MAC address they will see, NO matter how many pc you connect behind the router.
     
    blue68f100, Jan 14, 2008
    #5